GeaxuPass account holders must now go through the state treasury’s Unclaimed Property Office to claim their portion of the millions of dollars remaining in toll deposits -- money collected between Jan. 1 and March 5, when the tolls were nullified by a Baton Rouge judge.

Friday was the last chance for account holders to request refunds through the Department of Transportation & Development before the process became the responsibility of the state treasurer.

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It’s part of House Bill 348, which was approved by the state legislature last month, just weeks after voters in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes overwhelmingly rejected a 20-year renewal of the tolls on the Crescent City Connection.

According to the DOTD, to date, about $360,000 has been refunded to more than 9,000 people since the refund process began in May.

“We are just getting what’s owed to us,” said Phillip Hockett said. “I didn’t support the tolls anyway.”

Hockett stood in long lines Friday, along with dozens and dozens of other customers waiting to receive their portion of the $8 million still unclaimed.